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Different class today compared to previous weeks, made themselves hard to beat and always looked dangerous when they had the ball, finally looked like we have a player in Alan Power, he was terrific today.

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As someone else has suggested, if Power has been hidden away, only to then produce a good performance after the manager is axed, it's clear that they had a bit of a fall out. Would also indicate that our interim managers did not side with LM in the argument.

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Really pleased today, can enjoy this evening and tomorrow for a change. Not only is it 3 points, but hopefully a fresh start for a few players. With Dicker and Kiltie due back, we've got a good chance.

Glad things happened early, as I bet Clarke wouldn't have taken it after 20 games as too risky. Now he has time to make his mark before January and he'll know what we need.

I think we can finish above Dundee, Thistle, County and Hamilton who are my tip to be bottom. Perhaps they have no money to pay off Canning following the heist.

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I agree he probably won't be a long term solution. He's not the most mobile but he did deal with with their wide players. There's no doubt that the protection from Power and Taylor helped the defence, still think the centre backs looked a wee bit nervy at times, especially with balls in the box.

But overall it's hard to really make any complaints about that performance today. Everyone performed well.

Thistle are absolutely rank though.

Thistle fans now calling for Archie's head on both the "next manager to be sacked" & today's match threads on P&B....

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seem to remember him being interim manager once before a few years ago and being undefeated then. He and Andy Millen fought for every ball on the touchline.

I'd assume both Paul & Andy have done themselves no harm in convincing SC, if he had any doubts, that they should be part of his backroom team. The passion & commitment to the Killie cause was plain to see today..... Well done guys.

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Some (most?) of these guys must be thinking, "What a great opportunity to play for Steve Clarke, to learn from him and improve under him."

But they will have to meet his standards and I hope that they will be high; not as high as they were at Chelsea and Liverpool, obviously, but he needs to challenge the players to train, eat, rest and prepare themselves like pro athletes should. If they do, they will have a chance.

And maybe some who were rumoured to be planning to leave will reconsider.

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Was told few months ago by a lifelong Killie diehard who coaches at RP that Paul McDonald thought we were very close to being a good footballing side and that things would click soon. Seems he was right and LM was an obstacle to this. KTID.

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Awesome day out. Forgot what it was like to actually have fun at the football. The fans were incredible and kept the singing going. Particularly liked the “Come on feel the noise”song(as did my 9 year old).No doubt the Clarke announcement started the ball rolling but the teams performance kept it going.

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Great performance and a solid defence definitely allowed the flair players to play a bit.

O'Donnell, Power and Greer were solid but it was the trio of Taylor, Frizzell and Jones that scared the life out of the Partick right back. I don't know if it was on purpose but by having so many left sided players we were doubling up on their right back time and time again. Frizzell and Jones could be out there tonight and he'd still not get near them.

Got to say I thought Boyd gave his all. He's not the most mobile and moans all day long but he scored with a composed finish and lead the line well. He needs replacing and Erwin might prove his worth but Boyd played well today.